Garment-fastener.



P. J. HENTSCHEL GARMENT FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JAN-25, 1911.

Patented May 29, 1917.

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PAUL 3'. HEN'JSCI-IEL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GABMENT-FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2a, was.

Application filed January 25, 1917. Serial No. 144,478.

Z) all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL J. HENTSCHEL, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to produce a very simple and effective form of dress hook for skirts, waists, dresses, under garments, belts, or any purpose where snap fasteners or buttons have been used. I have aimed to make the device in such form as to enable it to be produced economically, which is one of the most important considerations in small articles of this kind, and at the same time to make a device which while easily connected and disconnected is yet firm in its connection and not liable to be disconnected excepting by direct pressure applied. \Vith this end in view, I have shown in the accompanying drawing, in Figure 1 the invention as applied to the placket opening of a skirt with the skirt thrown open to show the two parts of the fastener;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken lengthwise of the device;

Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

The member A is suitably secured to the skirt or like article by stitching through openings at, and as shown it consists of a base portion 7), having a central post 0, with an undercut portion a, and around two sides and one end there is a raised bead (1, about on a level with the top of the post a. This constitutes one member of the fastening device.

The other member is shown at B and is also provided with openings for stitching to the garment to which it is to be applied. This member has a flanged portion 6 o beaded form and a central raised portion 7, corresponding in shape and dimensions to the depressed central portion of the member A.

The raised portion f is slotted as shown at g and has a wide entrance to the slot so that when the member B is laid upon the depressed part of the member A it may he slid forward to cause the reduced neck of the post to enter the slot, the overhanging head of the post engaging the upper edges of the part 7 and forming a secure engagement therewith. This engagement is made all the more secure by the fact that the beaded flange of the part A and the flange of the part B are in close contact with each other and prevent any lost motion which would otherwise tend to cause the connection to get loose and disengage automatically in the movement of the garment to which the fastener is attached. By making the fastener of two main parts with a headed post in a depressed part engaging a slot in a protruding portion of the other part, the protruding portion corresponding approximately to the depressed portion so as to fit the same snugly and combined with two closely fitting flanges all lateral motion is prevented and a very secure fastener provided.

What I claim is:

A garment fastener comprising a member having a central headed post with a flange raised around three sides of said member and lying'on the same face with and about the post, leaving one side open, and a second member having a flange opposite the flange of the first member and having also a protruding central portion, the latter be- 1 ing adapted to fit within the raised flange of the first member and slotted at its center to engage the post, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL J. HENTSGHEL.

Witnesses JOSEPHINE L. CoLLINs, JOSEPH C. JUDGE.

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